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U.S. Secretary of StateÌýCondoleezza Rice is on her way to the Middle East. |
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Gordon Brown has warned that theÌýUnited Kingdom is in danger of being broken up. |
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Those who bought air tickets before the increase in air passenger duty last month may have to pay the extra duty. |
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The paper review. |
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South Africa's ruling party -Ìýthe ANC - is 95 this week. |
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TheÌýsports news with Steve May. |
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Commuters in the West Country are threatening a fare strike because of overcrowding. |
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The French presidential election this summer is turning into a battle of the blogs. |
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Today isÌýSt Hilary's day -traditionally the coldest day of the year. |
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Every day this week, you can hear the work of the 10 poets short listed for this year's TS Eliot Prize. Today it's the turn of Tim Liardet, reading from his collection. |
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Thought for the Day with The Reverend Rob Marshall, an Anglican Priest. |
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The chairman of the press complaints commission is Sir Christopher Meyer on Kate Middleton. |
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Richard Lambert Director-General of the CBI on John Browne retiring from BP half a year earlier than expected. |
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John Sutherland, Professor of English at UCL, on why whetherÌýpoets should read their own work in public. |
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TheÌýsports news with Steve May. |
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Warren Blackwell, who spent nearly three and a half years in prison after a wrongful conviction for indecent assault, gives us his view on the law of anonymity. |
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Gordon Brown is worried thatÌýScotland will break away from the UK. |
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Poland's catholic bishops are putting themselves before a special commission investigating collaboration with the secret police in the communist era. |
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Should travel agents provide discounts duringÌýschool holidays to reduce the number of children taking breaks during term time? |
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If Morrissey, as rumoured, did write this year'sÌýEurovision entry, what do you imagine it mightÌýbe like? We decided to find out, with a little help from Richard Webb ... |
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Roger Wiltshire, Secretary General of the British Air transport Association,Ìýon increases in air passenger duty. |
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We don’t always have time to play the whole interview on air. Listen to the extended interview here, exclusive to the Today website.
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Don De Lillo Interview
The American writer Don de Lillo who wrote Underworld and is one of the biggest figures in modern American literature - has become a classic. A Penguin classic.ÌýA great accolade, but usually one reserved for the dead. John interviewed him and asked what it's like to be thought of as a "classic"?
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Mouloud Sihali Interview
Mouloud Sihali from Algeria, North Africa, is one of the suspected terrorists thatÌýthe 91Èȱ¬ Secretary wants to deport back to Algeria. Based on secret intelligence and police investigations, the 91Èȱ¬ Secretary has deemed Sihali a threat to the Nation's security. Last year Mouloud Sihali was found not guilty of being a part of a so called released Ricin plot. |
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The nominations for the Oscars were announced yesterday, and The Constant Gardener is tipped for a place on the shortlist. It stars Ralph Fiennes who picked up an Evening Standard Film Award this week for his role in the film. Polly Billington spoke him and to the author, John le Carre, about the film and its chances at the Oscars. (31/01/06) |
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Edward Stourton interviews the President of Mexico, Vincente Fox, and Tom Shannon, the United States Under Secretary of State with responsibility for the Americas, on the Summit of the Americas in Argentina and the prospect of a free trade agreement for the region.
President Vincente Fox.
Under Secretary of State Tom Shannon. |
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The uncut interview with Sir Peter Hall, the first director to stage the play in 1955, with the last surviving member of the original main cast, Timothy Bateson who played 'lucky', and playwright Ronald Harwood. |
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Jim Naughtie speaks to the Archbishop of Kaduna, Josiah Idowu Fearon, about the Anglican Church in Africa and tensions between Christians and Muslims. (25/05/05) |
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Edward Stourton interviews Monsignor Charles Burns, a retired head of the Vatican's Secret Archives, inÌýRome about the funeral of the Pope John Paul II.
(08/04/05)
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Part 2 |
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First 91Èȱ¬ interview of Moazzam Begg, former Guantanamo Bay detainee. Mr Begg speaksÌýto our reporter Zubeida Malik aboutÌýhis ordeal and how heÌýcontinues toÌýcampaign for five Britons still there to be freed. |
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Justin Webb interviews Walter Cronkite who pays tribute to Dan Rather, a 73 year old news presenter in America who is retiring after 24 years.
(10/03/05) |
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Tony Blair speaks to Jim at the British Embassy in Washington, following his controversial Rose Garden press conference with Bush. The Iraq war, the Middle East and the first hints of an EU constitution referendum u-turn. (17/04/04). |
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, about the recent increase of religious violence in Nigeria.
(19/05/04) |
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John Humphrys interviews Prince Hassan of Jordan on the critical situation in Iraq.
(03/05/04). |
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Jim Naughtie interviews Bob Woodward.ÌýFirst Watergate, now a controversial book into events in the White House pre-Iraq war.
(20/04/04).
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Sarah Montague interviews Paul Burrell.
The former royal butler denies betraying Diana, Princess of Wales, insisting his controversial new book was "a loving tribute".
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General James L. Jones
During his visit toÌý London - the Supreme Commander of Nato talks to James Naughtie about the threat posed to NATO by a stronger EU military force. |
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